**4.2 Healthy eating**

Preschool children's caregivers should provide nutritious meals, beverages, and snacks to children and a variety of foods (**Figure 2**). Five servings of fruits and vegetables should be consumed daily as they are high in fiber, low in energy, and helps with satiety [34]. Most meals should include starch foods, such as refined maize, samp (starch from dried corn) and brown bread. Lean meat and lean chickens, fish and eggs should be eaten daily. Dry beans, split beans, lentils, and fiber-rich soybeans should be consumed regularly. Children should be given clean and safe water to drink from a cup daily [35].
